Forensic Economic Analysis and Damage Calculations for Business

When a matter reaches court, or a dispute over money turns serious, the side that wins is usually not the one with the loudest arguments — it is the one whose numbers add up to a clear, understandable picture. Yet a business owner rarely has the time or calm to gather every document, work out the real losses, and explain them in language a judge or an opponent will actually hear. The feeling of “I was cheated” or “I lost money” is there — but there is nothing on paper to prove it.

At LPF we have worked with business data since 2018: accounts, sales, contracts, bank statements, delivery records. This is exactly the raw material a sound economic analysis is built on. We take your documents and turn them into a grounded calculation — one you can put in front of a lawyer, the other party, or the court.

This page is about how we help when money becomes the subject of a dispute: in court, in a conflict with a partner, a contractor, a former employee, or inside the company itself.

When an owner actually needs this

People usually come to us not “just in case,” but when the situation is already heated and it is time to speak in numbers rather than emotions.

• You are filing a claim or defending yourself in court — and you need to show, in money, exactly what you lost or what is being demanded from you without grounds.
• A dispute with a partner or counterparty — someone broke a contract, missed a delivery or a payment, and the loss needs to be calculated, not guessed at.
• You suspect money is leaking inside the company — stock does not reconcile, cash seems to “dissolve,” and there is no direct proof.
• You are dividing a business or a share — with a partner, on a member’s exit, or in a family or inheritance dispute — and you need to know what it is really worth.

If even one of these is about you, here is what we can actually do.

Damages and lost profits

This is the core of forensic economic work. A court deals not in impressions but in amounts backed by documents. Our job is to bring your losses to a form that is hard to simply wave away.

• Direct losses — what you actually spent or failed to receive because of someone else’s action or inaction: spoiled goods, extra costs, amounts unpaid under a contract.
• Lost profits — the earnings you could reasonably have made had the delivery not fallen through and the obligation been met on time. We calculate this from your real data, not pulled out of thin air.
• Transparent reasoning — every figure rests on a specific document and a clear line of thought, so the calculation holds up under the other side’s questions.
• Language the court can follow — we lay out the complex in plain terms, so the conclusion reads even without a background in economics.

We do not promise a particular outcome in advance — that is not in our hands. What we stand behind is that your position, expressed in money, is calculated honestly, fully, and convincingly.

What a business or a share is worth

When you are splitting a company with a partner, buying out or selling a share, or heading into negotiations, one question always sits at the centre: what is this really worth. Here, honesty about the format matters.

• A managerial valuation for a decision — we work out the real value of the business or the share from its income, assets, and liabilities, so you enter the conversation with a figure rather than a feeling.
• Honest about the format — this is not a formal report from a certified appraiser under state valuation standards; it is a working managerial calculation for your own decision or negotiation. If your case genuinely needs a formal appraiser’s report, we will tell you that up front.
• A stronger seat at the table — once you can see a range of value and understand what drives it, you are much harder to manipulate.

Forensic review: when the numbers do not add up

Sometimes the problem is not outside but within: stock quietly shrinks, costs grow for no reason, and someone nearby clearly lives better than they should. Forensic review is about finding the trail left in the data.

• Uncovering abuse — theft, kickbacks, fictitious costs, “friendly” prices for a supplier’s own people at your expense.
• The trail in the data — we cross-check sales, purchases, stock, and cash against one another and show exactly where the picture stops matching.
• Quiet and confidential — we work discreetly, without stirring the team, until you decide what to do with what we find.

The result is not rumour or accusation, but facts on paper: where the gap appears, how large it is, and where to look next.

Where to start

You do not need to arrive with a fully framed question and a complete file of documents. Often it is enough to describe the situation briefly — and we will point out which calculation or analysis fits and what it will take. Write to us, tell us about the dispute or the doubt in your own words, and we will say honestly where we can be useful and where a neighbouring specialist would serve you better. A calm conversation commits you to nothing — but it usually already makes the next step visible.

The most common case of exactly that: when the court needs not a management calculation but a formal opinion from a certified forensic expert. We then refer clients to Maryna Ruda, forensic economic expert — she works on damage assessment, lost profit and document analysis for Ukrainian courts. We built her website too, so our confidence in the work is first-hand.